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Anthony Hill, Jaydon Blue confident as Texas opens 2024 season
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Somebody asked the other night on the Longhorn Weekly about that and asked if there was a perfect fire-up song. And he really didn't have an answer. Remember, he said, I'm not close enough to the game. I'd really have to think about it, you know, to come to go. Do you think that's like the most perfect, you know, run outs on for a football team? Is that the deal? That's a good question. I, you know, always think about Penn State and Happy Valley, right? I think, do they come out to jump around? That's Wisconsin. That's Wisconsin. Yeah, into the third quarter. Penn State comes out to somebody. Jump around is pretty fun. Sandstorm at South Carolina, I was able to experience that in person. That's pretty fun. I think Hell's Bells is up there, is up there for sure. It definitely, you know, definitely gets you fired up in the right atmosphere. I think also a lot of other schools use it. If I'm not mistaken, I believe also at Bryant Denny Stadium, Alabama. They also use Hell's Bells. Now during the game, third fourth quarter, they played Dixie Land of Light by the band Alabama and that was banned for quite some time and they brought it back. But that does not really a hype song. That's more of just a sing-along, get you in the right kind of, you know, Saturday type 5. But Hell's Bells jump around, sandstorm. I got to look up what Penn State does because it's killing me. Okay, you know, and I don't want to sell it short. I really don't because I see how the students get fired up and, you know, maybe it's because of, you know, when I went to a college that at the time was not very good in football and I ended up being on the brought. Now when I went to the one semester was at Texas Tech, they were beyond not very good. They were one nine and one. So trying to be a student as much as I could for that one semester was there and couldn't get that much, you know, I missed most of the home schedule anyway. I was coming home to work concerts to put myself through school. When I got to North Texas, I went to a couple of games early, but then I got added to the network like three weeks into the season. And so I was on the broadcast for now throughout the rest of my collegiate career. So I didn't really live the college student thing going to the game that much. But long-worn fans do, long-worn students do, I get that. And so why not hear from a couple of the players like linebacker Anthony Hill, who's getting ready to start inside, moving into the middle. First of all, his thoughts on going up against that Colorado State Rams offensive attack. Um, their area offense is definitely something that's not a joke. And we have to take serious. I've been watching number 14. I've seen they brought in the transfer. A lot of the guys on that team, they look like they're ready to play and they look real, real bloody, can ready to go. Yeah, number 14 is Tory Horton, the guy we've been telling me about the receiver. What about that role of moving to middle linebacker? Now that he's moved inside as Hill and of course, he will have the headset communication as well. He'll be doing that. But he's, you know, moved inside and he'll be starting in the middle. And how about his thoughts on that transition going from outside to now inside? It's a lot different. Just everything is coming so much faster. And it's not, it's not see, but get by anymore. It's actually you have a role to play and you've got to do your job and just for the next person to do their job. Okay. All right. That's, that's true. Now one thing the media did during the course of the week was to ask the players about game day traditions, game day rituals, game day superstitions. But really, most importantly, what is the most enjoyable part of the game day experience? Ann Anthony was asked, what's his favorite part of a college game day? Just kind of, kind of just being around the team. I feel like them, them moments before games. And when you're running out onto the field and you see 100,000 coming out the smoke, I feel like that's one of the best moments. I kind of been telling, like, we go and Kobe Black, some of the freshmen is like, that's going to be one of the best moments. And when you, when you're coming out that smoke and you see the crowd cheering, because I remember my first game. And when I seen them, I was like, kind of, wow, this is, this is whole different experience. And I'm used to, yeah, about him talking about telling Ryan Wingo and Kobe Black about that and what to expect and how to be ready for that sort of thing. And those are guys that are getting ready to experience this. I mean, Kobe Black is a freshman from Conley High in the Waco area. And then, of course, Ryan Wingo and, and a lot really projected for Ryan Wingo as well. And so a young man who's a freshman from St. Louis getting ready to go into his first college football game. So it's, it's all that kind of a amalgam, I guess, for all of the players, what they're looking forward to. Jane Blue is going to be the starting running back. I think that that'll be the case. But Blue says it's about whatever the total team concept to winning is all about, not necessarily about one specific role he might play. Best for the team, you know, is I'm okay with it. Whether that's, you know, me getting 20, 25 carries a game or, or that's me being more of a receiver type. No, I'm just willing to do whatever's best for the team. And Jayden will get more carries, obviously. He was scheduled to get more carries this season than last year anyway. But especially now having to be the lead number one guy, what with the season ending injury in training camp to CJ Baxter. And, you know, Sark was asked about Blue, who, you know, was more of a Mr. Outside Guy, with Baxter being more of a Mr. Inside Guy last season. But Sark was pretty adamant in saying all these guys can run between the tackles. All of these guys can take a pop. All of these guys also can have some extended carries. So the question for Jane Blue is he worked on his endurance, knowing he's going to get more carries now with Baxter out and Clark out, and with the running back room being thinned a little bit. Yeah, the main thing is, you know, coach choice emphasizes a lot. And I took into account that I had to practice way harder. And like it's a game so that if I had to carry the ball 20, 25 times that I had the durability to do that. Okay, all right. And that's that's important to note. And when you think about the fact that here's a guy, you know, going out there, he carried it a total of 65 times last season, for 398 yards, three touchdowns. He caught 14 passes for 135 yards. He averaged nearly 10 yards per catch and had a touchdown as well. So he was indeed a weapon coming out of the backfield, but he had an opportunity. And this is something that Sark has mentioned and to show our choices mentioned as well, that he had some good examples to learn from. To learn from Roshan Johnson, obviously to learn from Bijon Robinson. Jonathan Brooks served as a mentor to him as well. So the question for Jane Blue is, what's he learned from these guys? What was he able to pick up from those mentor style relationships he had with the prior running backs? Well, the main thing is, no, I'm just grateful for him where I'm at now. And I'm grateful for the guys that was in front of me. Bijon, Roshan, KB, Keeling, all those guys. You know, they've helped me, you know, every single year that I've been here. And, you know, just seeing those guys work and seeing how those guys did things, you know, they did things the right way. So, you know, just following their lead, you know, help me prepare for the moment like this. Okay, that's good to know. It's a healthy attitude to take going into knowing that he is definitely going to be relied upon, that they're going to have to lean on him, especially given the fact that the running back room did get thinned out. It doesn't mean that he has to carry it 30 times a game. He said he'll do whatever is necessary. And really and truly, that's not SARC's way of doing it anyway. You know, SARC likes to spread the wealth around, keep guys fresh. That's why he has that healthy rotation along the offensive front. And also the defensive line as well. There's one thing we've learned about this long-wind football program under Steve Sarcasian is that SARC likes depth and flexibility. Now, all programs want those sorts of things. And we hear them talk, we hear them talk all the time about depth, but not only the depth, but also the flexibility, being able to work lineup, if you're a receiver, line up in the slot, line up as X, line up as Z, an offensive lineman who could play guard, or tackle, or center, those things as well. So all of those are important things to keep in mind as long-winds. Get ready to move into their first season as a member of the Southeastern Conference and have the season opening kick off tomorrow. All right, up next, we're going to hear from Rodney Terry, long-ward men's basketball coach. We'll do that. And a reminder, obviously, coming up next hour, we'll hear more from SARC, and we'll visit with Gene Watson to talk some baseball. So stay with us a lot more to come right here as we continue. On Sports Radio EM13 under the zone at the iHeartRadio app. Hello, it is Ryan, and I was on a flight the other day, playing one of my favorite social spin slot games on chumbacasino.com. 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